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Guard yourself against sudden cardiac arrest: Beware of palpitations

An India Spend research in the year 2016 showed cardiovascular diseases (CVD) kill 1.7 million Indians every year

How cardiac arrest is different from a heart attack and heart failure?
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Vanita Arora
Fluttering of your heart is not always a sign of love, nor is skipping of a beat. The fluttering could be a sign that you need to pay attention to your heart. So what if your health parameters are more or less fine, but if your heart is not beating right, it is reason enough to see a doctor. Arrhythmias, also called irregular heartbeats, fluttering, palpitations, and so on, can put you in grave danger, even causing a sudden cardiac arrest. Unfortunately, in India, we do not have a national registry for cardiac deaths, so it is difficult to predict

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